Erik Ouellette

Head of Catalysis @ Radical Dot

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Chemist with experience in inorganic and organic chemistry, catalysis, polymer recycling, biomass valorization, air-free synthesis, and X-ray crystallography.

Experience

  • Head of Catalysis at Radical Dot
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Chemical recycling of mixed plastic wastes

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Jul 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs

    Catalysis for lignin valorization and plastics deconstruction

  • Experiment Lead at Advanced Light Source at Berkeley Lab
    Jan 2020 - Jun 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Orchestrated the collection and analysis of single crystal X-ray diffraction data for LBNL’s Heavy Element Chemistry (HEC) program, including small molecules and transuranic samples

  • University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California, United States)
    • Graduate Student Researcher
      Jul 2018 - Jun 2023 · 5 yrs

      Advisor: John Arnold Using rigorous air-free molecular synthesis and characterization techniques to study organometallic rhenium complexes and their reactivity with small molecules, main group elements, and f-block metals

    • Graduate Student Instructor
      Aug 2018 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Courses taught include: Organic Chemistry 2 with laboratory for nonmajors, General Chemistry 1 with laboratory for majors, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

  • Undergraduate Researcher at College of the Holy Cross
    Aug 2016 - May 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Advisor: Prof. Bianca R. Sculimbrene, PhD Synthetic organic chemistry research aimed at developing catalytic methods for enantioselective phosphorylation of the immunomodulating drug FTY720